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IBM acquires source code-scanning tools
News The company has acquired Ounce Labs, which makes products intended to help companies catch security and compliance problems early in the development process [29 Jul 2009]
IBM launches business analytics system
News The bundle of preconfigured and optimised hardware and software aims to help companies cut deployment time [29 Jul 2009]
US labs virtualise 1m Linux kernels
News Sandia National Labs have simultaneously run more than a million Linux kernels on a single cluster, an accomplishment that could prove useful for anti-botnet research [29 Jul 2009]
Novell releases Suse appliance-building kit
News The Suse Appliance Program provides free tools for quickly building software appliances and delivering them in any virtual environment, as well as in datacentres and Amazon's cloud [29 Jul 2009]
Credit card to help raise funds for Linux Foundation
News Open-source devotees now have a new way to support Linux, with the launch of a branded credit card featuring Tux the penguin [29 Jul 2009]
IBM boosts analytics portfolio with SPSS purchase
News The company is paying $1.2bn for SPSS, which makes predictive analytics and data-mining software that models customer interactions [29 Jul 2009]
Fujitsu's IaaS keeps data in the UK
News A new UK-based infrastructure-as-a-service platform promises to alleviate worries about online services sending data overseas [28 Jul 2009]
Microsoft launches Windows Mobile app contest
News The software maker is getting its Windows Mobile app store underway, welcoming software submissions and offering prizes for four top developers [28 Jul 2009]
Google releases Donut code, denies multitouch
News The latest version of the Android mobile OS does not have multitouch support, according to a Google developer [27 Jul 2009]
Google open sources Wave components
News The company has released some of the underlying code for its upcoming Wave collaboration and communications platform, as a way of sparking developer interest [27 Jul 2009]
HP plans electronic whiteboarding tool
News The PC-to-PC conferencing solution will allow people to videoconference and write on their screens, according to chief executive Mark Hurd [27 Jul 2009]
Microsoft agrees to rival browsers in Windows
News Microsoft says it will unbundle IE from Windows 7 and allow PC makers to offer a choice of browsers, in a new antitrust proposal for EU regulators [24 Jul 2009]
Microsoft braced for tough months ahead
News The software maker will have to step up its game even further, although it may have seen the worst, chief financial officer Christopher Liddell has told analysts [24 Jul 2009]
Microsoft earnings hit by weak PC, server markets
News In announcing its quarterly financial results, the software maker said cost cuts helped balance the still-weak economy [24 Jul 2009]
Novell fellow leads Microsoft's Linux embrace
Analysis Microsoft's move to offer several Linux drivers owes much to Novell programmer Greg Kroah-Hartman [23 Jul 2009]
Coalition seeks US gov't support for open source
News A broad list of companies, individuals, schools and others have banded together in an effort to spur the US government to use more open-source software [23 Jul 2009]
Google to open Wave for public beta
News Around 100,000 people will be given access to Google's browser-based communications and collaboration platform in two months' time [23 Jul 2009]
UK may not get Windows 7 family pack
News Microsoft has confirmed US customers will be able to buy a 'family pack' of three Windows 7 PC Home Premium licences, but says it is evaluating whether to do this in Europe [23 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wraps up Windows 7 code
News The software maker has completed the engineering for the Vista successor, releasing the operating system for manufacturing as it focuses on an October launch [23 Jul 2009]
Google cleared in defamation suit
News A high court judge has found Google is not liable for defamatory comments found in its search results [21 Jul 2009]
British Gas trials home-energy management
News The energy company has teamed up with AlertMe for trials of a remote-monitoring kit that will let householders control their home heating systems via the web or a mobile phone [21 Jul 2009]
Microsoft contributes code to Linux community
News In what it describes as 'a break from the ordinary', the software maker is releasing the code for three drivers for inclusion in the open-source operating system [21 Jul 2009]
Office for Mac gets SP2
News The service pack update for Office for Mac 2008 includes performance tweaks and a revamped connection to Office Live [21 Jul 2009]
BT to resell Microsoft's business cloud suite
News Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, including applications such as Exchange Online and Office Live Meeting, will be integrated with BT's 21CN network [20 Jul 2009]
Microsoft testing Home Server update
News The software maker has said it hopes to unleash 'Power Pack 3', with improved netbook and Windows 7 compatibility, before releasing Windows 7 [20 Jul 2009]
